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👋 Welcome to the 947 Trifix

What is Trifixation?
The Centers of Intelligence

The Enneagram is about how we “are” in our Body, Heart, and Mind — the 3 Centers of Intelligence.

The body is the part of us that deals with the sensory impressions of our environments upon us and vice versa. It’s about boundaries, sovereignty, and aliveness.

The heart is the part of us that deals with the gaze of others upon us, and our gaze upon others and ourselves. It is the seat of our self-image, identity, or sense of “who we really are,” and is where we experience love, worth, and depth -- or their absence.

The mind is the part of us that processes symbolic reality and organizes our concepts and beliefs. It interpolates and extrapolates from the data of our experience to help us understand the world, navigate it, and imagine possibilities.

The 3 centers of intelligence are not abstract ideas. They are distinct dimensions of phenomenological reality, and we tend to be anchored in one more heavily than the others. This imbalance gives rise to the 3 body types, 3 heart types, and 3 mental types.

Body Types, Heart Types, Mental Types

There are 3 Body Types (8, 9, 1), 3 Heart Types (2, 3, 4), and 3 Mind Types (5, 6, 7).

But even if you’re a “body type,” you still have a heart center and a mental center and an orientation in each. For example, you could be a Type 9 (body type), but your Heart type is 3 and your Mental type is 5. So your trifix would be 935, or 953.

Trifixation

The word Trifixation refers to Oscar Ichazo’s idea of having a “fixation” within each center. We like this modular approach to the Enneagram because it helps account for variation within core type. There are many ways to be a 9, for example, and one’s heart fix and mental fix shape how one “does” 9-ness.

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Trifixation

Everyone pictured below has the same trifix. Toggle the views to see them arranged by core type and wing or by instinctual stacking. Scroll ➡️ to see more.

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9w1
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
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David Lynch
David Lynch
David Lynch
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
DAA Typing Class
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
DAA Typing Class
Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Alexandre Scriabin
Alexandre Scriabin
Alexandre Scriabin
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Björk
Björk
Björk
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Ezra Miller
Ezra Miller
Ezra Miller
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
David Peyote
David Peyote
David Peyote
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Anna Taylor-Joy
Anna Taylor-Joy
Anna Taylor-Joy
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Alex Grey
Alex Grey
Alex Grey
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
DAA Typing Class
JK Rowling
JK Rowling
JK Rowling
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
DAA Typing Class
9w8
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
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Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
7w6
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
🚶‍♀️🧠💚
Alan Moore
Alan Moore
Alan Moore
🧠🚶‍♀️💚
DAA Typing Class
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
🧠🚶‍♀️💚
DAA Typing Class
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
🧠🚶‍♀️💚
Marianne Faithful
Marianne Faithful
Marianne Faithful
🧠💚🚶‍♀️
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Robert Smith (The Cure)
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7w8
Hunter S Thompson
Hunter S Thompson
Hunter S Thompson
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Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg
🧠🚶‍♀️💚
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
🧠💚🚶‍♀️
4w5
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
💚🚶‍♀️🧠
DAA Typing Class